Sleigh



(No Model.) I

0. HARRIG-AN.

. SLEIGH.

No. 278,662. Patented May 29,1883.

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CORNELIUS HARRIGAN, F ROME, NEW YORK.

"SLEIGH.

SPECIFIGATION fOrming part of Letters Patent'NO. 278,662, dated May 29, 18 83.

Application filed December 26, 1ss2. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS HARRIGAN,

of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sleighs, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention consists in improved devices for securing the body of a sleigh to the forward end of the runners or dash-board frame thereof, and also in certain novel means for protecting the corners of a sleigh-body, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forthin the claims.

In the annexed'drawings, Figure l is a per spective view of a cutter provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a full-size detail 'view of the device for connecting the body of the sleigh or cutter to the forward end of the runners or dash-board frame of the same. Fig. 3

.is a transverse sectional View of the means for protecting the top edge of the sleigh and forming a most durable head on the same and Figs. 4. and 5 are side and plan views, respectively, of the corner-iron by means of which the corners of the sleigh-body are protected and braced.

Similar letters of referencein'dicate correspondin g parts.

A denotes the body of a sleigh or cutter, mounted on the usual. bracing'or inclined ners of the sleigh in the usual manner. The

forward end of' the bottom B of the body A (which is usually made ascending toward the dash-board D, as shown) I secure to the runners r r by a metallic tie, T, consisting of an elongated plate, a, fitted to the side edge of the bottom B, and formed with an outward offset, d, terminating with a T- shaped end, 6, which stands with its plane at right angles to the plane of theplate c, and is curved to fit the rear face of the forward end of the runner 7', which usually rises in front of the body A and carries the dash board I). Said tie T is fastened to the bottom B and runner r' by I f, lapping onto opposite sides of thebottom B,

said plate receives a more secure hold. The forward end portion of the sides of the body A is usually joined with the raised end portion of the bottom B and cut out rounding on the top, so as to.facilita'te the entry to the sleigh. In order to protect the. top edge of the body A, and to form at the same time'a bead on, the exterior of said edge, I attach thereto in the usualmanner, flatwise, a band of iron or other metal of sufficient width to cover said edge and project at the exterior thereof, as illustrated in Fig.3 of the drawings.

plate, preferably of a right-angled-triangular form, so as to facilitate the fitting thereof to the bottom of the sleigh. The greater or main portion of said plate is of the form of a trapezoid ,With perfectly plain surface, and devoid of the usual side flanges and spurs heretofore applied to similar cornerirons. The small triangular corner b, adjacent to the shorter of. the parallel sides of the trapezoidal section a, 'is raised and beveled on its upper side, as best.

seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Said corneriron is countersunk in thebottom of the sleigh, so as to come flush therewith, and the raised corner portiomb, of said plate is fitted to a correspondingly-beveled truncation of the abr- The corners of the body 'A, I protect by means of a metal ner of the sleigh-body, the corner-iron'being seciired in position by means of screwsainserted through holes in said corner-iron. standards or knees, which rise from the run- I do not claim, broadly, a metal plate applied to the corner of vehiclebodies for the purpose aforesaid, as I am awarethat the same the T-shaped head 0, standing with its plane at right angles to the plane of the plate 0, the whole constructed and applied to thejunction of the bottom B and forward. end of the runner, substantially in the manner specified and shown.

2. The improved corner -iron for vehicle of two attesting witnesses, at Rome, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, this 12th day of December, 1882.

CORNELIUS HARRIGAN.

Witnesses 2 WILLIAM G. RAYMOND, FREDERICK H. GIBBS. 

